Habitat and Biology: Lives fairly deep on coral reefs invariably in the recesses of caves and crevices.

Distribution: Western Indian Ocean.

Remarks: Liopropoma africanum has only been reported once before from the Maldives, by Randall and Taylor 1988. The specimen on which this report is based was collected by Randall, Shiham Adam and Anderson from an area of broken coral in 35 m at K. Maniyafushi.